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{{citeQuoteBox|quote = '''''All my life I have had a reputation for being cold, unfeeling. Some have called me heartless, ruthless, even cruel. I am not. I am not beyond emotional response or compassion. But I possess - and my masters count this as perhaps my paramount virtue - a singular force of will. Throughout my career it has served me well to draw on this facility and steel myself, unflinching, at all that this wretched galaxy can throw at me. To feel pain or fear or grief is to allow myself a luxury I cannot afford.'''''<br>''[[Gregor Eisenhorn]], 240.[[M41]]{{Fn|1b}}|}}<br clear=all>[[Image:youngEisenhorn.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Inquisitor Eisenhorn before the end of the Pontius affair]]'''Gregor Eisenhorn''' is an was a renowned [[Inquisitor]] of the [[Ordo Xenos]], active during the third and fourth centuries of [[M41]].
Initially a [[Puritan]] of the [[Amalathian]] faction{{Fn|1b}}, Eisenhorn's ideology would alter over the course of his career so dramatically towards [[Radical]] [[Xanthism]] that other members of the [[Inquisition]] would consider him possibly [[heretical]]. Indeed, Eisenhorn has officially been considered a rogue agent at least twice in his Inquisitorial career, only to be proved righteous both times.{{Fn|3x}}{{Fn|4x}}
==History==
===Early Career===Born in 198.[[Image:youngEisenhorn.jpgM41]]{{Fn|left1a}}{{Fn|thumb1b}}, on [[DeKere's World]]{{Fn|1h}}, Gregor Eisenhorn became a pupil of [[Inquisitor Eisenhorn before ]] [[Hapshant]] at a young age. He studied alongside fellow trainee [[Titus Endor]] and was elevated to the end rank of Inquisitor in 222.M41, aged 24{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|6}}. His first successful persecution was that of the Pontius affair[[heretic]] [[Lemete Syre]].{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|6}}
The Saruthi had come into the possession of a copy of the Necroteuch, and had translated it into their own language, creating two versions of this powerful chaotic tome and a translating tool. The human Necroteuch tome was quickly found and destroyed by Eisenhorn himself. Some radical Inquisitors deemed this a heretical act, and damned Eisenhorn for it. However, the majority of the local Inquisitorial conclave supported Eisenhorn's decision to burn the tome, outvoting the radicals.{{Fn|1}}
Eisenhorn was therefore spared from censure and was in fact instrumental in planning a raid on the Saruthi homeworld during which the remaining items were destroyed. It was during this attack that Eisenhorn also first met [[Cherubael]], a powerful [[daemonhost]] who would plague Eisenhorn and the [[Imperium]] in later endeavours.{{Fn|1}}
===Sameter===
The following year, 241.M41, Eisenhorn investigated apparent ritual murders on the world of [[Sameter]], at first believing the killings to be the work of some chaotic cult. Soon, however, it was revealed that the culprits were ex-soldiers of the [[Imperial Guard]]. These former soldiers of the [[Sameter 9th Infantry]] had been driven mad by the horrors they had faced in war, and were ritually killing regular citizens. Backed up by the local [[Adeptus Arbites]], Eisenhorn managed to corner and eliminate the fanatics in an abandoned and decaying building. During the resultant firefight Eisenhorn lost his left hand to an experienced former-sharpshooter. He was offered a prosthetic but declined, making do with a fused stump until he could have a vat-grown hand grafted on two years later.{{Fn|2}}
=== Quixos ===
In 312.M41, Eisenhorn's best friend, [[Midas Betancore]] was killed by the heretic [[Fayde Thuring]] during an investigation. Thuring escaped, and Eisenhorn promised to keep a watchful eye on Midas' infant daughter, [[Medea Betancore|Medea]]. Years later, when she came of age, she would follow the path of her father and join the retinue of Inquisitor Eisenhorn as his pilot.{{Fn|3}}
[[Image:oldEisenhorn.jpg|right|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn after the Pontius affair]]
26 years later, in 338.M41, Eisenhorn began the investigation that he would become most known for; the elimination of the heretic Inquisitor [[Quixos]]. The investigation took place in the aftermath of the disaster of the [[Thracian Primaris]] Triumph (where Eisenhorn's Interrogator, [[Gideon Ravenor]], was horrifically injured), an atrocity that appeared to have been engineered to free several [[The Assignment|alpha-plus class]] rogue [[psykers]].{{Fn|3}}
Eisenhorn's investigation took him to the world of Eechan, where, posing as [[mutants]], he and his team discovered that there was Inquisitorial collusion in the scheme that freed the psykers. Inquisitor [[Lyko]] was discovered in the company of the daemonhost, Cherubael. Taken aback by the reappearance of Cherubael, Eisenhorn focused his investigations upon the creature. This led him to [[Cadia]], where he discovered another daemonhost, [[Prophaniti]], and ties between these daemonhosts and the missing radical Inquisitor Quixos. However, Eisenhorn's investigation was sidelined for some time by his arrest by Inquisitor [[Osma]] for consorting with [[daemons]]. Escaping, he was declared outcast and forced to operate as a rogue for the remainder of the investigation. Eisenhorn sojurned with his associate Magos Bure on the world of [[Cinchare]] for some time, where he conferred with his prisoner, Pontius Glaw. During this period he defeated a Chaos cult that existed on the world and gained master-crafted [[Force Weapons]].{{Fn|3}}
Eisenhorn next assembled a small strike group of three other Inquisitors, and acting in concert with them tracked down and confronted Quixos. Eisenhorn himself was the one who killed Quixos, recovered his heretical book, the Malus Codicium, and banished both Prophaniti and Cherubael. He was cleared of all charges against him at the conclusion of the investigation.{{Fn|3}}
In 345.M41, Eisenhorn succeeded in secretly summoning the daemon Cherubael and trapping him for interrogation and study.{{Cite This}} In 355.M41 he dealt with a minor warp incursion on Gudrun.{{Cite This}}
===Heretic===
It was in the year 386.M41 that Eisenhorn was able to avenge the death of Midas Betancore, but it came at considerable cost. Killing the heretic Fayde Thuring cost him the lives of several associates, placed Bequin into a coma, resulted in the destruction of his gun-cutter and forced him to use Cherubael as an ally.{{Fn|4}}
==Appearance and Abilities==
[[Image:Gregor_Eisenhorn.jpg|leftright|thumb|Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn]]
A [[psyker]], Eisenhorn possesses considerable natural willpower and resolve, which combined with his pool of psychic power, makes him a potent telepath. He normally channels his psychic talent through his voice, compelling people to follow his instructions. He can focus this talent upon distinct individuals in a crowd, or upon many people at once.{{Cite This}}
==Retinue==
[[Image:EisenhornMini.jpg|thumb|right|220px|2018 Eisenhorn miniature]]
Inquisitor Eisenhorn created a considerable organisation during the first part of his career, starting out with a bare handful of hired hands and eventually employing dozens of retainers, including the [[Distaff]], a group of psychic [[Blanks]]. This world-spanning organisation was destroyed by the machinations of Pontius Glaw, who also ensured the deaths of most of Eisenhorn's retinue. With Eisenhorn missing at the end of the Pontius case, his surviving followers became part of the retinue of Inquisitor Ravenor. Eisenhorn largely avoided acquiring servants other than Cherubael for some time, but eventually began assembling a small retinue around himself once more. His notable employees and associates are listed below:
*[[Kara Swole]] (Warrior)
*[[Lores Vibben]] (Bodyguard)
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Xenos (Novel)]] by - [[Dan AbnettEisenhorn (Omnibus)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter One, pg. 7**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter One, pgs. 19-22**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Two, pg. 28**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter Three, pg. 40**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter Four, pgs. 51-52**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter Five, pgs. 57-58**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter Ten, pgs. 99-108**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 110-113**{{Endn|1i}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 121-123**{{Endn|1j}}: Chapter Twelve, pgs. 124-126**{{Cite ThisEndn|1k}}: Chapter Sixteen, pgs. 163-166*{{Endn|2}}: [[Missing in Action (Short Story)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''*{{Endn|3}}: [[Malleus (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter One, pg. 274**{{Endn|3x}}: {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|4}}: [[Hereticus (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''**{{Endn|4x}}: {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|5}}: ''[[Thorn Wishes Talon (Short Story)]]'' by *{{Endn|6}}: [[Dan AbnettThe Strange Demise of Titus Endor (Short Story)]]
===Uncited===
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==See Also==
*[[Eisenhorn (Novel Series)]]
*[[Eisenhorn Television Series]]